-TIDES— lin 196 fe oMORROW'S 1802 ot 16.0 fee 93 feet 8 feet Ghe Lion ot cP pili C} NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER SS yn News Published at Canada’s Most Strategic Pacific Port—’’P since Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest” VOL, XLI, b NO. 291 Waves Pound Dusky Shore PA hite-t $5 molle north of Prince Ruy & irned ipy vt Oc Dreake by weathe ale Lashes Coastal Points utting Off Al he | Piane Travel Fighter PRINCE RUPERT, BC., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1952 Darrow Gomez Leads Voting PRICE FIVE CENTS ewe PROVIN ea ese. wre ae Ste entree it arat ¢ 5 ORMES, DRUGS DAILY DELIVERY Phone 81 Pn] 3 - With Record Aldermanic Poll School Board Rejects Teacher Salary Hike "he school board has rejected the $40,000 over- all salary increase requested by. Prince Rupert teachers, it was announced today. @ The teachers’ reply to the re- jection and counter offer of the 1952 salary scale will be made tomorrow, said R. H. Davidson, Salary committee chairman of the Prince Rupert. District Teachers’ Association Bares Bribe Offer VANCOUVER (CP)— A young Vancouver boxer A meeting of the teachers has been called for some time today. The present payroll of Prince Rupert school district is about $210,000 a year for 62 teachers, The school board made its de- cision this week to reject the request, first presented to them Ty » 4 Nov. 18 at a special meeting Thursday night reported ~~ ; - i | | ' ; | MO wid DARROW GOMEZ ... Sets the Pace ———$_—__________—______. School Bylaw Passed With Few Dissenters Two aldermen and a housewife stepped out far ahead in the eight-candidate aldermanic election rate Thursday, while the $167,960 school bylaw and milk pasteurization referendum were both over- whelmingly endorsed. ee : Ald. Darrow Gomez led the} The Xs appeared without im ch variance against the fol- lls with 1,020 votes, followed| ™¥° : by Mrs. W. D. “Kay” Smith with| lowing names, showing two sep- 936 and Ald. Ray McLean with|#'ate schools of thought: 927 in the heaviest aldermanic| Bremner (or Kraupner), Go- voting to date |mez, McLean, Smith, and Down- Fourth to be elected was Bill| ing, Gardiner, Gomez, Prusky. Bremner, with 708 votes. All’are; The election also was regard- for two-year terms. There were|/ed as a “vote of confidence” 1477 ballots cast out of 3,021 for Mayor Harold Whalen who eae Salen. ae publicly stated his choice of Here are other results: Ald. J.| .. nGidates (those who won) the W. Prusky, 524 votes; Hug0|qay before election and asked Kraupner, 465, Ray Gardiner,| tors to support them. ; . ” a 30 Sat i : The board gave as its rea- 436, and Percy Downing, 428. | : ; df ‘ wi what he said was a bribe’ sons for the rejection that it DCM Winner The money bylaw to con-| All the candidates with ex- e lap of G rv ight and high tom offer — $300 “Christmas eonsidered the present seale | struct a school at Port Edward) ception of Mr. Bremner and ounding ton my e| Port Hardy and Sandspit " i : “fair and reasonable” and that |was passed 1177-147. The milk|their authorized scrutineers winds of Wi Prince Rupert 44 money” if he took a dive’ it has been notified by the ets mas ing | pasteurization referendum ‘won, Watched the ballot counting as how in the first round department of education to : : |@ 1232-131 majority. early returns showed the trend : : ce keep costs at a minimum. E| W | Complete returns were in by}of the vote. NA TO LEADERS AGREE ON Sonny Jone U-year~o1d mid The request was for the min- ection in 19:50 p.m. First return, after 110 ballots welg reporters his imum starting salary for a Nor- | The voting yesterday was “the | Were counted, was as follows: USE OF ATOMIC WEAPONS te ust after he took a de- mal School graduate with a, Alderman Darrow Gomez, 37,/most consistant we have ever} Gomez 106, Smith 98, McLean ision in the six-round of a pre-/| first class certificate to be im- headed the polls with a smash-j|seen it,” several election vet-|%4. Bremner 67, Prusky 49, ae = : iminary fight here ereased from $2,290 to $2,900, ing return to a two-year seat on/erans stated after counting of|Kraupner 41, Downing 40. Gar- te AKI Milita adet :u Atlantic Alliance The Vancouver Athletic Com-|and the salary for university; the council as ballot-counting/the ballots. diner 39. “ey See 8 ’ eT \ission said Jones's manager,,@raduates raised from $2,750 to|ceased at 9:50 p.m. last night. | * . a { Euroy was reported | Jimmy Jones, had reported the | $3.350 Ald. Gomes, who was born) Gom I k lead d C : fighter’s story earlier and that Under present scale, teachers here, has served on the coun-} eZ a es in Secon ount ver V4 is me Uh west Germar police had been called in to the receive annual increments of|cil for the past two years. A| In the second return, Mrs. shown mé, I'm going to do the . “a : Y us et t new al comma he case $120 and salaries for elementary| veteran of overseas service in| Smith led by a few votes andj best I cam to justify their con- es elabets Me ‘ Jones said the offer was made teachers can climb to $3,850. the Second World War, in which!in the third return Gardiner/ fidence.” — | all Nov. 27 when he was training | Salaries for high school teach-| he won the Distinguished Con-/| edged out Downing to keep the| Her husband, Bill Smith, said er? to meet Vancouver middie-‘€rs can reach a maximum of Suck pa he ee taken | Jead while Gomez shot ahead of} of his wife’s popularity: “I think dirpor T t B d O d weight Bill Brenner $4,700: Special certificates qual- rere part im sports here. | Mrs. Smith. : A that way, too.” -aeaes ve Transport Board Orders meiner we tnced to with. i) teachers for sgh highes| "Clos behind Ald: Gomes were| When ‘Id. Gomer was Deine] aia" tay MeLean sald le was jana al draw when he crushed his hand alaries ‘ |Mrs. W. D (Kay) Sthith and | congratulated on his landslide | «very happy and very much en- rom. there . : . in a conveyor belt and Jones The teachers seek annual in-/ Ald. Ray McLean, 29. Fourth inj victory, with his wife, Dorothy,| couraged by such public faith ¥ morning e uction in reig t ates decisioned Biackie Vanderveer crements of $150 with salaries | line was Bill Bremner, 38. | beside him, he said, “It looks | in me.” ila of Aberdeen, Wash., who was Of elementary teachers ranging) mrs Smith is the first woman|48 though I haven't got many ij . ‘ S| OETAWA The Boa {Saskatchewan borde: rushed in as a last-minute sub- © $4,450; of high school teach-|t) run for civic office since | enemies.” i = ae oe ae been ap- ,.® ee tion in the latitute | minute S80"' ers to $5,450, and of those with! wayor Nora Arnold's term ex.| He said one of the first things) ¥@5 most cheerful, saying: “Ail A om . + 000 how : pecial qualifications to $5,600 ired in 1948. She is the thirg| he would be pushing for was | ‘he ones I voted for—except my- a a When asked at the arena The city of Prince Rupert con- P a ha self—got in. ath ’ ar ar nt , i : |successful woman candidate in|“an early settlement of the “ : . gionally could identify either of two! tributes 46.9 per cent of the cost | the city’s history and the fourth Sherbrooke Avenue problem.” Defeated by nearly 200 votes rain whipped t ris of Cane The board emphasized its — " _ =— = bribe | of teacher ae and xpem ito run. i gas was elated at her | bY a ee Ald. Sign Kupert area all ce eM new scale is subject to review ifer, Jones answere : i 5aW areas contribute 5 per cent. | . s ‘ : . 4 | triumph. |sa “something must DE nere than an ree and that it will undergo public (O%¢ Of them here tonight He's) While the provincial depart-| pe oe supported | “I really wasn’t sure how the| Wrong.” expected by bling etiarwie dire hearings starting around |®!ways at the fights ment of education annually | Ald. Stele, public acocent- | Votes would take to a woman; Other candidates left the t ing & ~ $900.000.000 of the | March, across the country be- eneieleerenhrerinte enn makes a grant to school dis- aia he enid: |candidate. Now that they have! Civic Centre auditorium quietly. eee ne oe On ee anh coe ae ean “I am very touched at the ° » ‘ : teachers an eir certificates, | ; ar — Peet egg oO observer gee Damages it is not affected by any addi-|Confidence the people have Voters Out Earlier Than last Year 1984 : ” ahaa alcuibes me, © . {tional salary increases. pas in me. I shall try my! glection highlights: There were 23 spoiled ballots . aa 5 eked ing t or Awan ed in eT ent te utmost to be worthy of it. : There was a much earlier/in all, of which some were on U Mystery Chang ae cesne al bel E ‘ _ Bill Bremner made his first) turn-out of voters compared to|the referendum, the bylaw and isting {t be- | a gp ate Dap agg H A A a t jattempt to gain a civic office! past years with 1,477 voters out the candidates. tween the Quevec-New Br wick | Pa nan ot hee Ig Way Ch en nions 0 }a@ success, said: “Because this! ; j . i fl es thay caiidl te ecnabeidn ‘van i ; , : , of 3,021 eligible casting ballots,' paliots were rejected for suct border end Pacific ust h uid sidered ac jis my first try to serve in such i then $0 t. But! j a oe paws gu gue as 4 for the west and the) yancouveRr (CP)..A judement| * . capacity, 1 can only my thaatics Ce per cent. Sul reasons as marked in ink in- | CAPA only say ‘hatithis was still a record alder-' sjead of Ate eeutites scien ort Men ; ‘ "7 will ves ee a e | e ji will do my best.” manic vote. Last year, which Seat we ee 1 W west will have a Whittake Mr. Bremner, who is married j1,.1 : year, “or “no” instead of making an ' at € ! p ,the general rate level, ac i . | with two children, also is a vet- Lt vote ae ee didates — i cas vuth ie ce bil forecast later boost in o . nL bet . vandida > alde : ve . "® oe ! * rain moving in that 7°" - By Railways ies = Wortd War Il and is| School board members were ballot. —— oe nk o * f estic consumption ruck 2 car on a highwa ee manager of a city jubilant at the heavy majority Oe ak dmee a % A rease in grain rates, "ear his he Fie : MONTREAL ©-—Railways are|>@fdware store. : e given to the bylaw approving . - we - ed all eight Capt Ada oggers may be challenged be-| Defendant was William Par-| putting into effect as of Dec ee of ae successful Can-'censtruction of a six-room “@Uares wi . master o ore the supreme court of Can- er, of Terrace, who was COM- the 16-cent-an-hour pay increase ; anes Bey city born and raised.’ s-hool at Port Edward Returning officer Bill. Long Abraham ida und the Railway Act. victed at Prince Rupert Assizes' recommended for 144,000 non- me McLean: was born in East) Rural returns, although not found little difficulty in tally- his shi Wage Ta $ W n provinces claim the last May of falling to remain at! operating employees by the ma-|S¢ irk, Manitoba, and came to| complete, were as follows: Port img votes, using a system which 5 ma bos ; not have jurisdiction | the scene of an accident, He was! jority report of the Federal Con- | ‘he city in 1944. Edward, 14 for, nome against; he devised himself. It employs sbinet grain rates sentenced to nine months in jail.’ ejliation Board. Digby Island, 10 for, one 4 highly accurate cross-check- eat came t Set Ahead . Appropriate action will be against; city polling station, 21 ing method. four days ag taken for employees not cover-| for, one against. Four counting tables were sched Hall VANCOUVER Likelil ed by union agreements Other rural returns from Port used and it took one hour and { Ora tfhapped Toronto Y lapped Thu h found by | by Found ci rt ave British Columbia nor terior jogging operations wa ported Thursday night The Labor Relatica inced = following a abor management meeting that b parties will recommend +o that 3% 6yeal renewed tract be But there wa o break ; deadlocked negotiations for U southern interior y re operat iors have closed their mills pen ing settlement Northern operator nad Dec. 13 as the deadline for gers to agree to work for last years wages for another yeat They extended the deadline Dec. 20 following the meeting n There are some 5,000 loggers rs- | involved in both »o- | they are bargaining through | ur cut off and | ternational Woodwork ¢ othes America (CCL) 19 " Beatrice Blow- ed on a kid husband, a mater Her a as id, mother Ms hey iainted, at first refus- { the blue-eyed | three miles away. A week later, When police tele- | bedraggled her her baby had | the duck fluttered back into her HOMING DUCK jal} GUNTON, England «€P) (V8) of 70 ducks hatched in an in of'cubnator by Mrs. F iwas sold and taken to a and j yard, disputes and One Chapman farm mud-covered, hu. Kingdom, and Canada, Ronald Leonhardt, 19, of Drumheller, Alta., is shown being awarded the Canadian National Railways | received Toronto, assisitant trophy TOPPING 164 ENTRIES from the United States, the United y, emblematic of the world wheat championship. Ronald the honor at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, for his sample of Marquis wheat, J. A. Argo, right, traffic vice-president, CNR, Montreal, presents the a silver tray and one hundred dollars. _ and breaking and enter- | ing. | activities. Canadian Pacific and Cana- dian National Railways an- nounced Thursday they gave notice to that effect to the leaders of 17 railway brother- hoods with whom they are seek- ing to negotiate settlement of a wage disput hanging fire Tor five months Christmas | Story | On Inside | Foulton Oursler’s great story, “A Child’s Life-of Jesus,” is be- The unions, seeking a 45-\ing carried in chapter form in cents-an-hour raise, have re-| The Daily News as a Christmas jected the. majority report/ feature. though they indicated they fa- | The story started off yesterday | vored the minority report rec-/0" page 1 telling in the late |ommending a pay boost average | Mr. | of 26 cents. Girls ‘Taught’ Oursler’s own inmitable style of the birth of Christ. The second chapter, with ilus- tration by the well-known artist Neil O'Keefe, appears today on page 2, where it will be a regular feature for the next 10 days, Homebreaki omeodr king ending With the 12th chapter on Dec. 24. By Mother “A Child's Life of Jesus” is es- NEWMARKET, Ont. €P)—The pecially adapted for children, 29-year-old mother of five chil- | put adults, too, will find it edu- | dren and foster mother of two) cational and inspiring, as ‘the has been charged with coaching | story of Christmas is simply and three of her little girls to be) wonderfully unfolded. housebreakers, receiving stolen sichnieladiebiecasiegeibessalinichiety MONTREAL — James Stuart McDonald internationally known Police said Mrs Alice Howse outdoor sportsman and rifle and ‘of nearby Keswick told them | revolver shot, who was recently! ;more than two carloads of loot appointed manager of the Cana- ; were taken from cottages and a/dian National Railways Tourist | Store. She said her truck-driver|and Convention Bureau, died husbaad knew nothing of the/|after a lengthy illness at his | Essington and Port Simpson are ‘home this morning, He was 54. 40 minutes to do the actual counting. When finished. the ballots were sealed in the bal- lot box and locked up in the {Civic Centre vault. expected today or tomorrow,, while returns from Hunt’s Inlet and Oona River may be delayed) for a few days. ESCORTED by UN Secretary-General Trygve Lie, the Presidert- elect of the US, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, recently toured UN Headquarters accompanied by his Secretary of State-designate, John Foster Dulles. Shown (from left to right» during a stop at the office of Lester B. Pearson, President of' the General Assembly Session, are Mr. Dulles, Mr. Lie. and the General greeting Mr. Pearson. ait